Carlos Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Half of (young) Americans couldn't pin point New York state on a map! http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05/02/geog.test/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ of Hildisvik Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 ^^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenHarmision Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 In this topic i am so very confused.I think its just the same wi The Falklands.Thanks.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 In grammatical correctness, we are called the Shetland Islands, Shetland Isles or Shetland. However you can call Orkney, the Orkneys. But again you can't call the Falkland Islands, the Falklands. Grammatically speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I didn't know Orkney could be used as a verb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Thank for pointing out my mistake! Now edited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brunalf Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 all very confuseing,a'm blyde i failed me english o level,as far as i can see dere's only wan shetlnd,even da ider een's caad south shetland,so dere is only wan,an it's caad SHETLAND,shetland also has a lot o ider isles,dey aa hae deir ain names,but dere is only 1 shetland. apart fae da ider night eftir a scar o drink,dan dere seemed tae be mare dan wan o aathing, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyScy Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 PoolHaddock wroteYou widna say "Oh, you're from the Irelands, very nice" wid you? Well yes perhaps you would since there are two "Irelands" and you might not want to say which one you came from. Ok so there are two "Shetlands" as well but I cant see any problem admiting which one you came from.[/quo I just wonder which "two Irelands" you are referring too??? I would hope it is Ireland the country and Ireland in Shetland rather than the other statement that causes the same debate in Ireland as the term Shetlands is causing here......only with a far more historical and political twist.....and I'm curious as to which Ireland you wouldn't wish to admit coming from????....In school in Ireland Shetland was always referred to as the Shetland Isles and from what I can see "the Shetlands" is BBC English..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 ..only with a far more historical and political twist..... And more bombs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyScy Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 ..only with a far more historical and political twist..... And more bombs. Yawn.....How predictably ignorant..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 I'm proud of my ignorance. It means I can pass through life blissfully unaware of anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Like a Christian! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Like a Christian! Now, that's just too far... I'm not as ignorant as a Christian! I at least know which parts of a book I'm supposed to read to make sense of my own faith! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepshagger Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 would you take offence to being called a Sheltie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 would you take offence to being called a Sheltie I've been called a "female dog" a few times and it was probably quite correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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